Teenage boy hacked to death in M'singh

MYMENSINGH, Feb 18 (UNB): A 17-year-old boy was hacked to death allegedly by a youth over a trivial matter in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh Saturday night.
The dead is Mustakim, son of Surjot Ali of Charshakchura village and an autorickshaw driver and sound system operator.
Police and locals said the victim went to a religious event (Waz Mahfil) at Ansar Nagar Madrasa to work as a loudspeaker operator.
Sajal, went to a fair adjacent to the event venue, locked into an altercation with Mustakim.
At one stage of the altercation, Sajal stabbed Mustakim's neck, shoulder and hand with a knife, leaving him critically injured, they said.
Later, locals rescued him and rushed to Gafargaon Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared him dead.